Amazon Software Development Engineer SDE interview questions
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Software Development Engineer SDE applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (London, England) in Jan 2022
Interview
The interview progressed quite easily. At the first stage, the recruiter contacts you, then the exam link is sent to you, you pass the exam and the recruitment process begins.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A coding exam is being held, and when you successfully pass the questions here, the recruitment moves to the next stage.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Dublin, Dublin) in Apr 2022
Interview
The interview process require a lot of preparation.
The code assessment itself already push your skill.
The interview is really hard. you have to explain as detail as possible using the STAR technique.
They really emphasise this. Will be a bit hard for non-native english speaker to convey your thought.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you explain when you have to ask for deadline extension ?
I have not take the OA yet and get notice I took it already Then, I got rejected. I asked the recruiter, and she says there's no technical issues about my OA process, and i need to reply after 6 mouth.
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